Culver Tech

 CN Area Elementary Teaching Team:

Week 08 (October 5 - 9)

Weekly Giggles:            Q. What is brown, hairy, and wears sunglasses?

  A. A coconut on vacation.

Tech Help for Teachers. The IT Department has set up an open Zoom time for questions. Here are the dates. Each of these sessions will be open from 3:00 – 4:00. If you need help, please feel like you can reach out to this talented support team for questions. ZOOM LINK HERE

Monday, October 12th (canceled) Monday, October 19th Monday, October 26th

Wednesday, November 4th Wednesday, November 18th Thursday, December 3rd Thursday, December 17th

EdPuzzle. If you are new to EdPuzzle, or if you need a refresher, here is a video I just published on YouTube that will answer your essential questions from the teacher perspective.  If you need help with this, please book a time and I can teach your students how to use this resource. Video Link HERE.

Digital Citizenship. Remember that your Digital Citizenship lessons have a due date. Your site administrator may have shared that timeline with you.  You are required to teach 3 lessons. The link is HERE. Let me know if you need help with this process. I am willing to help you. 

Confetti Cannon. Did you know that there is a Chrome extension that will cause confetti to pop onto your web browser? Yes, there is. You can see that example below. In order to achieve this, add THIS EXTENSION to Google Chrome.  Then, whenever you want confetti to pop out onto your browser, click the icon at the top and “Poof!” you’ve got come confetti to add to your discussion, lesson, or celebration.

And, the calendar button is below in my signature [email only].  Please book those session times for next week where we can plan, collaborate, or I can co-teach a session with you.

A few lesson themes to consider:
       a) Mandatory Digital Citizenship Lesson #1
       b) Using Flipgrid for the first time this year. And, the new features.
             * Kids can make math video tutorials for each other. “I am going to isolate the X. First, I am going to…”
             * Kids can make a video of their Google Slide presentation with their voice over it.
             * Kids can give a book summary about a book they just read.
             * Kids talk about their next narrative or research paper.
             * Kids can design art videos. “This is how you draw a unicorn.”
             * Or, use this to build community.
       c) Google Classroom
             * Oops, I deleted my assignment. What do I do now?
             * Where is the document history so I can fix my mistakes?
             * Turn assignments in.
             * Unsubmit an assignment.
             * Use the desktop camera to add an image to a document.
             * Use iPhone Notes to create a PDF and then turn it in.
 d) Google Docs
             * Just the basics.
             * Narrative development. Let’s build some diverse introductions. 
       e) Google Slides
             * Just the basics (grades 3-4. Theme. Design. Layout. Fonts. Text boxes. Add a slide. Move slides.
             * Refresher and build (grades 5-6). Theme. Design. Layout. Fonts. Text boxes. Undo. Add a gif. Find an image. Adjust an image.
       f) Khan Academy – How do you log in? Where do I find the lesson videos?
       g) Google Slides – Design a Newspaper with Another Student [multi-step lesson, needs scaffolding and support from you]
       h) Edulastic – You have an assessment, you just need me to teach the intro part.
       i) ReadWorks – Your dashboard is set up, but you want me to talk to kids about how to get in and use this space.
       j) Code.org – If you need extension activities for your kids to grow in Computer Science, this is free.
       k) Freckle Education – Show my kids how to get in and get started, please.
       l) Gmail – Some essentials for writing/sending an email to my teacher and how to use Gmail. 
       m) Edgenuity – Are your parents still having issues with submitting work? I have one more fix (beyond the video I sent last week). I can build another video if needed to explain this other remedy. Just let me know.
       n) Sign Language Interpreter – Do any of your students need sign language interpreters? I can talk to you about using YouTube Live and Picture-in-Picture to serve this community of students.
       o) Other – Let’s brainstorm together to see what your needs/gaps are. We can set up a time to work through that lesson construction.      

Kindly,
Melissa Culver